Painting & Drawing - Projects

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The course is structured across a year to provide a varied experience, but can be taken on a termly basis. Each term will have a different emphasis. You will need to be motivated and able to take the initiative to further develop your work. New projects for 2016/17: Term 1: Nature and Forms Term 2: Figurative art Term 3: Mixed media project: Painting Masterclass - Techniques, materials and methods Last year's Projects: Term 1: Non-representational art: The act of painting Term 2: The interior Term 3: Interpreting Landscape - Cityscapes Term 1: Nature and Forms Term 2: Figurative art Term 3: Mixed media project: Painting Masterclass - Techniques, materials and methods Term 2 (January - March): Figurative Art This term, encounter different approaches to the figure in art while developing and extending your knowledge and understanding of painting techniques and materials. Research and take inspiration from the work of artists who explore the figure and examine their visual language. Below are a few starting points. Fashion, dance, refugees, structure theatre, diverse cultures, religion. clothes, crowds, demonstrations, concerts and orchestras, revolutionary art, Greek and Roman sculpture, the figure as a powerful gestural or symbol, gender, mother and child, military Artists you will be studying and take inspiration from include: Frida Kahlo, Bonnard's paintings of his wife in the bath, Henry Moore Stanley Spencer, David Hockney, Henri Moore, The Russian constructivists Oscar Schlemmer, Euan Uglow, Lucien Freud, Ana Mendieta, Raphaeal Michealangelo, Duerer, Ingres, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Hamilton Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Rauschenbery, Edward Hopper For the first half of the term you will investigate a wide range of different aspects of figurative art through a series of tutor lead activities (6 weeks). Subjects we will explore: Dance, the figure in the interior, how do we identify occupations through clothes?, the f

Course information

Name: Painting & Drawing - Projects Qualification title: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification type: Assessment There is no formal assessment for this course, but your progress will be monitored via individual and group tutoring, group discussion, demonstrations, visual presentations, handouts and via Moodle. You will be taught by tutor-led discussions, group work and practical exercises, and studio-based projects. You will be given regular verbal feedback with suggestions as to how you could improve your work and develop your ideas. At the end of each term you will present your body of project work to the group. There will be some set homework and independent study is encouraged, for example all students will be expected to research, plan, record and develop their ideas in their sketchbooks. Various books and journals will be available for inspiration and information for you to look at in the library. Students are expected to regularly keep in touch with important lesson information via Moodle Museum and gallery visits are recommended. Awarding Generic award - no awarding body Created 20170112 13:18:25 Updated 20170112 13:18:25

Entry requirements

None

Provider

Richmond Adult Community College
Further Education
info@racc.ac.uk
020 8891 5907
http://www.racc.ac.uk

Address

Parkshot Town: Richmond County:Surrey

Learning aims

Title: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing

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